父は朝食を取りながら、新聞を読みます。

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父は朝食を取りながら、新聞を読みます。

English Translation

Father reads the newspaper, eating his breakfast.

Furigana

父(ちち)は朝食(ちょうしょく)を取(と)りながら、新聞(しんぶん)を読(よ)みます。

Romanji

Chichi wa chōshoku o tori nagara, shinbun o yomimasu.

Words

父 (ちち、とと、ちゃん、てて、かぞ、かそ、しし、あて)

father

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

朝食 (ちょうしょく、あさげ、あさけ)

breakfast

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

取る (とる)

to take; to pick up; to harvest; to earn; to win; to choose; to steal; to eat; to have (a meal); to remove (one's glasses, etc.); to compete (in sumo, cards, etc.); to play

乍ら (ながら)

while; during; as; while; although; though; despite; in spite of; notwithstanding; all; both; as (e.g. "as always", "as long ago"); in (e.g. "in tears")

新聞 (しんぶん)

newspaper

読む (よむ)

to read; to count; to guess; to predict; to read (someone's thoughts); to see (e.g. into someone's heart); to divine